Poultry-feeding device



Patented Aug. 17, 1926. i r 1,595,339

UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE. WALTER DANNENBERG, or HUBBARD, IOWA.

' POULTRY-FEEDING DEVICE.

Application filed May 16,- 1925. Serial No. 30,827.

The present invention relates to poultry age of the feed as will beapparent as the feeding devices and aims to generally imescriptionadvances. Ends 13 are provided prove upon such structures. for thetroughs, and complete the formation An important object of my inventionis to thereof. A plurality of spaced parallel rods provide a stockfeeding device of simple, 14 extend between each flange 12 and theaddurable and inexpensive construction, one jacent lower edge of theadjacent side 6, which is thoroughly eflicient and reliable, and preventthe fowl from getting into the and well adapted to the purpose for whichtrough and also prevent the wastage of the it is designed. feed.

W More particularly, it is my objectto pro- A plurality of slots 15 areprovided in vide a poultry feeding device having adjustthe lowerportions of the walls 6. Screen able means for regulating the flow offeed strips 16 extend downwardly from the lower from the hopper into thefeeding trough. edges of the walls 6 terminating a distance A furtherobject of my poultry feeding above the bottoms of the troughs T. Regu- 5device is to provide means for having only lating plates 17 are providedwith slot 18 for portion of the total amount of feed exreceiving therods 14. Bolts 19 extend posed at any one time. through these plates 1'?and into the slots ith these and other objects in view, my 15, and nuts20 are provided thereon in invention consists in the construction, andorder that the'plates 17 may be adjusted to arrangement and combinationof the various extend a desired distance into the troughs T parts of thedevice, whereby the objects conand then the nuts may be tightened on thetemplated are attained, as hereinafter more bolts to fix the plates inthe adjusted posifully set forth, claimed, and illustrated in tion. Thusthe amount of feed may be reguthe accompanying drawing, in which: latedas to the troughs T, that-is the level 25 Figure 1 1s a top plan vlew.of the feed in the troughs maybe regulated Figure 2 is a side elevation,and as desired. The screen permits the feed to Fi ure 3 is a transversevertical section. flow therethrou h but rev-ents the feed D I I c I e II I Referring to the drawing in detail, it will from flowing too swiftlyinto the trough.

be seen that the letter H repgesents the hop- It is thought that theconstruction, op- 0 per generally while the letters T representera-tion, and advantages of the invention will the trough. now beclearly understood without a more The hopper H is formed of two endwalls detailed description. The structure prevents 5 and two side walls6 which preferably dithe hopper and troughs from becoming verge fromeach other toward their bottom clogged, and a large supply of feed maybe 35 ends. The upper ends of the side walls 6 placed in the hopper, andyet the amount of are provided with outwardly disposed feed exposed tothe weather is very limited. flanges 7 with which slidably cooperate Thestructure also prevents any excessive flanges 8 on the top. 9. Thus thetop 9 may wastage of the feed by the poultry. The be slid to an openposition in order that feed present embodiment of the invention has 40may be placed in the hopper. beendisclosed merely by way of example, 9

The troughs T are formed from the bot and it is apparent that somechanges may toms 6, each of which includes an inner inbe made in theconstruction and arrangement clined portion 7, and an outer upwardly ofthe various parts of my feeding device curved portion 8'. The upper andinner end without departingv from the essential fea- 45 of the portion 7merges into a dividing tures and the purposes thereof, and it is mypartition 10. The two partitions 10 are intention to cover by the claimof my patent secured together by suitable fastening eleany modifiedforms of the structure or use ments 11. The upper edges of the curved ofmechanical ecuivalent which maybe reaportions 8 are provided withinwardly exsonably include within the scope of said 50 tending flanges12 which prevent the wastclaim. we

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:-

In a feeding device of the class ascribed, a hopper including a sideWall, a trough e5; tending under the side wall a distance from the loweredge thereof, a for'z'uninous sheet depending from the lower edge of theWall and terminating at distance above the bottom of the trough, andplate adjustably mounted on the Wall so as to extend downwardlyalongside of the foraniinous sheet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my ture.

signs.-

WALTER DANNENBERG.

